http://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Maven_Coordinates

dot syntax

• the . is not required, but is used as a place holder for the path's folder delimiter an is used to physically place the package in the maven repo
  • '\' in WIndows
  • '/' in Linux

groupId

• normally the organization or company developing the software
  • com.uc
  • org.apache.maven

artifactId

• the project name

version

• distinguishes different version of the same project
• Install a dependency locally

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=non-maven-proj.jar -DgroupId=some.group -DartiactId=non-maven-proj -Dversion=1 -Dpackaging=jar

classifier

• arbitrary string that is appended to the artifact after version number
• used for
• supporting two different JREs
• packaging sources and javadoc separately

type

• the chosen dependency type

 

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scope

compile

• default scope is none specified
• available in all classpaths
• propagated to dependent projects

provided

• not required for compilation, but required at runtime
• classpaths include:  runtime, test
• not available in the compile classpath

runtime

• not required for compilation
• required for runtime
• classpaths include: runtime, test

test

• not required for normal use of the application
• only available for the test compilation & execution phases
• not transitive

system

• explicit reference to a JAR
• always available and not looked up in a repository

 

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